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Ammonia

Ammonia. Haley Kerby Madison Peddicord Jessica Kennedy. What is ammonia?. Most commonly produced industrial chemical in the United States NH з Part of the nitrogen cycle

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Ammonia

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  1. Ammonia Haley Kerby Madison Peddicord Jessica Kennedy

  2. What is ammonia? • Most commonly produced industrial chemical in the United States • NHз • Part of the nitrogen cycle • Produced in soil through bacterial processes and naturally through decomposition of organic matter (animals, plants, and animal wastes) • Not highly flammable but containers can explode with high heat • Corrosive • Lighter than air

  3. Detection • Ammonia is colorless • Highly irritating with a pungent suffocating odor • Reacts immediately upon contact with skin, eyes respiratory system, etc.

  4. Exposure • Inhalation of gas or vapors • Found in many cleaning substances, fertilizer, and naturally • Accidental and purposeful release of the chemical

  5. Effects • Inhalation: • Burning of nose, throat and respiratory tract • Skin or eye contact: • Severe injury and burns • Skin and eye irritation • Permanent eye damage or blindness • Ingestion: • Corrosive damage to mouth throat and stomach

  6. When ammonia reaches toxic levels

  7. Treatments • There is no antidote for ammonia poisoning • After exposure • Rinse skin and eyes immediately with large amounts of water • Administration of humidified oxygen • Ingested ammonia is diluted with milk or water

  8. Case one:Chicken plant fined for 2009 ammonia death • Ruptured hose released ammonia killing one employee and injuring three others • $27,410 fine • At least five people died since 2000 after being exposed to dangerous chemicals in chicken plants • N.C. Department of Labor got the company for 20 safety violations. The fines total $73,325.

  9. Case 2 • 20000 people were evacuated in central China after a leak of poisonous ammonia gas at a fertilizer factory left one dead and six critically injured. • A factory worker died at the site after a pipe burst at the factory, owned by the Huangmailing Phosphorus Chemical Industry Group Company • fire-fighters sprayed water into the air in shifts to clear the gas. • the water then flowed into the Huanhe river creating "super-high" levels of ammonia and nitrogen and threatening supplies downstream

  10. Sources • http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/ammonia_tech.htm • http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/02/06/1228385/chicken-plant-fined-for-2009-ammonia.html • http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-11/02/content_722422.htm

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